Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC) has completed its acquisition of Cigna’s Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplemental Benefits, Medicare Part D and CareAllies businesses, in a deal that was originally announced over a year ago. At the time the sale was announced, the transaction was estimated to be worth about $3.7 billion.

Artificial intelligence is permeating healthcare in a number of different ways, even affecting the food we choose. Grocery technology company Instacart has announced new AI-powered features for users to make healthy food choices.

Smaller, rural hospitals in Kansas want to move forward with technology upgrades but concerns about paying for it and reimbursement complicate efforts, says Shawn Weldin, Changemaker Award recipient and IT director at Sabetha Community Hospital.  

Scott Mattila, Intraprise Health’s COO, says artificial intelligence is being utilized by cybercriminals who are increasingly targeting healthcare institutions.  

Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital (HHMH) recently thought it was the victim of a ransomware demand, but it turns out the incident was actually an elaborate social engineering hoax. Earlier this month, the hospital received correspondence implying that an outside organization had gained access to HHMH Information Systems over the past several weeks and demanded a ransom […]

Optum Rx has announced it will drop prior authorization for an estimated 80 drugs starting on May 1.  The program targets reauthorizations of drugs. For instance, once a genetic condition such as cystic fibrosis is confirmed through testing, there is minimal additional value in reauthorizing an effective, lifelong treatment, said Optum Rx.  The list of drugs […]

DispatchHealth and Medically Home have entered into a definitive agreement to merge, creating a single provider of medical care at home. Once the deal closes, Medically Home will become part of DispatchHealth. The combined entity will extend care into the homes of patients across 50 major metropolitan areas in partnership with nearly 40 health systems, […]

First Databank provides medication decision support to provide guidance to physicians and safety for patients, says Virginia Halsey, SVP of strategy at the company.  

A dual Russian and Israeli national was extradited to the United States on charges that he was a developer of the LockBit ransomware group, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

A federal judge in Baltimore has instructed the Trump administration to temporarily reinstate probationary employees at several agencies who had been terminated during Trump’s efforts to pare down the federal government workforce.